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Amputations

1 amputation, 1 hospitalization · 2023021552 · 2/17/2023 · Parkdale America, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
1
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
Nature of injury
Amputations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery, unspecified
Source
Textile, apparel, leather production machinery, unspecified

Employer

Name
Parkdale America, LLC
Location
815 John Beck Dockins Rd., RABUN GAP, GEORGIA, 30568
NAICS
314999
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

An employee was holding a piece of waste sliver in their left hand while resetting the clearer when the take up shaft grabbed the waste sliver and pulled the employee's left little finger in toward the shaft. The employee sustained an amputation of the top portion of the left little finger.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
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